Frigate scale models, VICTORY 88

Two matching 3D printed models of the frigate VICTORY (88 on the bow), filled, sanded, primed and finished grey over red.

Service: Scale Models
Deck detail: Bow gun, radar domes, flight deck, stern ramp

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Frigate models, built as a matching pair: 2
Hull number on each bow: 88
Fabrication time, after design approval: 4 to 6 weeks

What we brought

Deck detail
We build warships with the deck detail still crisp
The bow gun, mast, radar domes, funnel fittings, flight deck markings and stern ramp are each sharp up close.
Matching models
Order more than one and every model matches
Same grey, same red, same nameplate and hull number, so the two stand side by side as a pair.
Smooth finish
Your ship looks finished, not printed
Filled, sanded and primed before paint, so the long grey sides read smooth from bow to stern.

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The finished piece
Both finished in the same grey and red.
The mast and radar domes over the bridge.
The foredeck gun and 88 on the bow.
Flight deck markings and the stern ramp.
Small guns and fittings on the upper decks.
The hull 68 frigate from the bow.
Its flight deck markings from the stern.
The briefThe finished pair, side by side.
FabricationPrimer going on, print lines still showing below.
The underside being filled, shafts and rudders fitted.
Build and assemblyHull number and nameplate on every model.

The build

How we built it

4 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.

The brief

Step 1 of 4

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we 3D printed two matching scale models of the frigate VICTORY, 88 on the bow. The client wanted the right hull shape, weapons and deck structures in place, and a display finish.

Two finished VICTORY frigate models one behind the other on black stands, grey with red lower hulls, a small plant behind them — The finished pair, side by side.

Fabrication

Step 2 of 4

We printed the hull, with the weapons and small deck structures as separate parts for sharper detail. Each hull was then filled, sanded and primed to remove most of the layer lines.

The printed hull on the bench, its upper half primed white and the lower hull still showing grey print lines — Primer going on, print lines still showing below.

The underside of the hull midway through filling, with the propeller shafts and rudders fitted at the stern — The underside being filled, shafts and rudders fitted.

Build and assembly

Step 3 of 4

We fitted the weapons, mast and deck structures to their mounting points, painted each primed hull grey above and red below the waterline, added the white VICTORY nameplate and 88 on the bow, and set both models on black stands.

A close view of the bow of one model, showing 88 on the hull, the VICTORY nameplate and the red lower hull on a black stand — Hull number and nameplate on every model.

The final build

Step 4 of 4

The pair, finished and set on their black stands, ready for display.

Two finished frigate models in a bright studio: one seen side-on with VICTORY and 88 on its hull, the stern of the second in front with its rudders and ramp — Both finished in the same grey and red.

The details

The likeness lives in the small parts on deck.

The bridge and mast from above and in front, with radar domes, a small deck gun and the VICTORY nameplate on the hull side — The mast and radar domes over the bridge.

The bow from above: the foredeck gun, the box-shaped deck fittings behind it and 88 on the side of the hull — The foredeck gun and 88 on the bow.

The stern from above, with markings set into the flight deck and a ramp folded down at the back — Flight deck markings and the stern ramp.

The midship superstructure from above, with small guns, deck boxes and fittings on its upper decks — Small guns and fittings on the upper decks.

Another frigate, hull 68

A separate job: a single frigate with 68 on the bow, printed, primed and painted plain grey, with the flight deck markings picked out in white.

A grey frigate scale model with 68 on the bow, seen from the bow on a wooden desk — The hull 68 frigate from the bow.

The same grey frigate seen from the stern, with white markings on its flight deck — Its flight deck markings from the stern.

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Frigate scale models, VICTORY 88

What we brought

We build warships with the deck detail still crisp

Order more than one and every model matches

Your ship looks finished, not printed

Gallery